Maybe self driving cars should put passengers in real jeopardy to see what happens

MAYBE SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES SHOULD PUT MORE PEOPLE IN JEOPARDY

Certainly, one is not suggesting we don’t develop relevant and effective safety standards for the emerging  forms of transportation?  Certainly, one is not suggesting  that engineers ignore passenger safety by  using brittle glass body designs with no seat belts or air bags?  How about  speedometers and other. Gauges—get rid of these too?  

HELL NO—all of these things are very necessary.

Now stop for a moment and think of the “Jeopardy” perspective—not safety—the game show. 

What happens in the show?  

All correct answers must come in the form of a question.

Here is where the  vehicles could  get a clue “buy a vowel” so to speak.  Maybe instead of the global  race to incorporate in order  to make tech grabs and market expansions, IT’S TIME TO UNDERSTAND THAT SUCCESS WILL COME IN THE FORM  OF ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS?

To date I have seen multiple partnerships and mergers, a stream of tech acquisitions etc.  What I have not seen is a single questionnaire from a major  vehicle. Manufacturer asking useful questions like?

How do we design these  vehicle to maximize their utility for the widest range of  dpassengers or navigators?  What geographic  areas are in the category that might. Be considered  “underserved” by current options and how  does the vehicle we produce close the cultural and economic. Gaps  created by uneven distributions of current options? How can multi family purchase or lease  agreements become  commonplace so that single occupant. Vehicles can sometimes. Be available, but always be the norm?  

What are the  possibilities of converting our current transportation options into self driving, accessible, affordable, and environmentally less harmful options?

It is sad thatthe general public, you know the people who might use vehicles in the future, are not being asked by the manufacturers to help answer the questions above.  

Do the car makers intend to just invent a bunch of options and say “here.” “Pick what you feel 100% comfortable with and can afford?  If that’s the case, then citizens have lost an important opportunity to help shape their future prospects in the area of”getting places independently and safely.  

Listen very closely and you can hear Alex calmly reveal the final Jeopardy answer/clue

The most effective way to solve issues in transportation transformation that could start immediately

And the correct answer/question would be.

EVERY maker of existing and emergent  transportations enterprises can do is ....

ASK THE PEOPLE. WHO WILL USE IT. WHAT THEY. NEED!!!

So far, however. GM, Ford, Volvo , Toyota WAYMO, and Now Apple haven’t. Made a concerted effort to do so and  time is running out....so we may all be in final Jeopardy of. Losing the best  chance of improving thins since we decided to leave our horses in their pasture and  take out the horseless carriage.  

Unfortunately, the winnners and losers will not be limited to  three game show contestants—it will impact the entire planet.